A thief took advantage of a man defrosting his wife’s SUV Friday morning in Greenway Park. Officer Logan Holland with the Orange Police Department reported the man had left the keys in a 2003 blue Ford Expedition as he warmed it up for his wife. When he looked out the window about 7 a.m., he noticed the Expedition was missing.
Orange police also made three drug-related arrests during the weekend.
Officer Mulhollan reported he went to a reported disturbance at Fifth and Burton streets about 7 p.m. He and Officer Marcus Bernard saw a man known to have two municipal arrest warrants. They stopped him and discovered he had marijuana and synthetic marijuana in his pockets.
Officer Mulhollan said he found eight-tenths of an ounce of marijuana divided into clear plastic baggies, along with a third of an ounce of synthetic marijuana labeled as “Klimax Potpourri.” He arrested 21-year-old Marcus Walker for Class A misdemeanor for the synthetic marijuana and Class B misdemeanor for the regular marijuana. Mulhollan said Walker also had warrants for driving while license suspended and improper lane change.
Officers Mulhollan and Bernard arrested a man for DWI with an open container and another man for evading arrest after stopping a car late Friday night.
Officer Mulhollan said he stopped the car about 11 p.m. Friday near Mill Street at Park Avenue for failure to signal a turn. The passenger in the car got out and ran away. Officer Bernard caught him at a parking lot about a block away.
The passenger, 41-year-old David Morris, had a warrant issued for parole violation and was arrested. He will also face a charge of evading police. Officer Mulhollan said Morris was injured when he ran and was taken to Baptist Hospital Orange Emergency Room.
The driver, 26-year-old Eric Quinn, was arrested for DWI and driving with an open container.
On Saturday night at 10:45, Mulhollan and Bernard arrested a man for public intoxication after finding him trying to get into a convenience store at 16th Street and Park Avenue. Officer Mulhollan reported they stopped because they saw the clerk trying to block the man from coming into the store and the area has had recent robberies.
The man trying to get inside told police he had a knife. Officer Mulhollan reported they confiscated a 10-inch knife that was up the man’s right sleeve. The man told police his name, but they found a debit card in his pocket with another name. The man told them he had found the debit card in the street. However, Officer Mulhollan reported the man matched the photograph on record for the name on the card.
Police said 45-year-old Marcus Roque was arrested for a probation violation along with misdemeanor public intoxication.
Officer Medina made two arrests for possession of methamphetamine while he was working the night shift from Saturday into Sunday morning.
At 11:17 Saturday night, he stopped a car in the 500 block of 16th Street after the driver failed to signal a lane change. Officer Medina said he saw the driver lift up and appear to stick something into his pocket. The man was nervous and shaky when giving the police his insurance papers, Medina reported. After the man told the officer he had a knife in his pocket, the officer patted him down and removed the knife. Medina reported he also found a small screwdriver and a small baggie of meth in another of the man’s pockets. 42-year-old Brandon Troy Peveto was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and taken to the Orange County Jail.
About 4:30 Sunday morning, Officer Medina stopped a pickup truck that failed to signal before turning. The stop was made off Interstate 10 at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The police officer reported the passenger in the pickup had a warrant issued for a parole violation. 33-year-old James Carter was arrested and taken to the Orange County Jail. While there, a jailer found a small plastic baggie with methamphetamine in Carter’s wallet, Officer Medina reported.
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